I was scrolling through my WeChat moments yesterday when I saw my cousin’s post – a blurry screenshot of the swimming pool with the caption ‘Zhejiang team did it again!’ The excitement in her words jumped off the screen, even though the image quality was terrible. She was watching the National Games mixed 4x100m relay final from her apartment in Hangzhou, while I sat in my Toronto living room, thousands of miles away.
Remember Xu Jiayu? That backstroke sensation who always looks like he’s gliding through water? He was leading off for Zhejiang team, followed by Xie Yichen, Yu Yiting, and Wu Qingfeng. My cousin’s message kept popping up: ‘3:42.09! Gold medal! The anchor leg was insane!’ Each notification felt like a tiny pinprick of FOMO.
This isn’t just about missing one swimming race. Last month, my mom tried to video call me during the Mid-Autumn Festival gala. ‘The new host is so funny!’ she said, holding her phone up to the TV. The audio was out of sync, the video kept freezing, and I could barely make out which celebrity was performing. I ended up watching a grainy YouTube upload two days later, the magic completely gone.
It’s the little things that get you. That moment when everyone’s talking about the latest episode of The Knockout, and you’re nodding along pretending you’ve seen it. Or when your high school friends are sharing concert clips from that indie band you used to love, and you’re staring at the ‘This content is not available in your region’ message.
Back in university, my roommate and I would crowd around my laptop every Friday night, sharing earphones to watch the newest variety shows. The screen was small, the internet was slow, but we’d laugh until our stomachs hurt. Now I have a big-screen TV and fiber internet, but I can’t even watch the sports events that used to bring us together.
Sometimes I wonder – if my grandma tries to video call me during her favorite historical drama, will I miss another precious moment of her commentary? Will I have to keep relying on secondhand descriptions of cultural moments that should be part of my daily life?
Anyway, I eventually found a highlights clip on Twitter (posted by some random account, of course) of Zhejiang’s winning moment. The swimmers were hugging, their smiles so bright you could almost feel the pool water splashing. For a second, I forgot I was watching through three layers of digital barriers.
Anyone else overseas constantly playing this digital hide-and-seek with Chinese content? That moment when you finally find a working stream, only for it to buffer right at the climax? Share your most frustrating ‘content blocked’ story below – misery loves company, as they say.
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